- Date
- October 15, 1965
- Place
- San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Injuries
- 118 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N8006UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report March 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 176297
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0062 65/10/15 SAN DIEGO,CALIF. DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 7 MILITARY CTR PASSG DOM AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0618 N8006U PX- 0 0111 49, 18500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 1297 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - USNS NORTH ISLAND OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: PARKED AIRCRAFT TAXI: FROM LANDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: GROUND SIGNALMAN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CONGESTED TRAFFIC-PATTERN REMARKS- SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE PARKED USN F4G AIRCRAFT BU.NO.150636
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8006U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Usns North Island
N8006URegistration cancelled Nov 12, 1981 · Douglas DC-8-21Airframe modelDouglas DC-8-21Engine modelPratt & Whitney JT4A-3&5SER
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